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Hydrology Update to the Austroads Guide to Road Design Part 5
This report documents the changes to Section 6 &ndash
Best Practice in Smart Motorways Operations: Motorway Future Trends
This report identifies the major operational and technology trends and assesses their impact on motorway operations for the next 10 to 15 years. Global macro trends were distilled into trends that were pertinent to transport. These trends were…
Development of Guide Content on Managed Motorways
This report formulates content for the Austroads Guides on managed motorways. The majority of the content has been adopted from the VicRoads Managed Freeways: Freeway Ramp Signals Handbook (2010 and updated version 2013) and the VicRoads Managed…
Operational Management of Arterial/Managed Motorway Interfaces for Network Optimisation
Signalised interchanges and ramp metering are major components of the interface between the arterial road system and the motorway system. The control systems of motorways and arterials are often treated as separate control components, which can…
Freeway Design Parameters for Fully Managed Operations
Austroads Project NS1375 provides a guide that can be used by road authorities to develop their own set of detailed design guidelines. A guide of this nature is required as current freeway design guidelines are based on design principles established…
Salinity and Rising Water Tables: Risks for Road Assets
This report documents work undertaken in relation to the Austroads Business Systems Project BS.A.N.523 Salinity and Rising Water-Tables - Risks for Network Asset management. The purpose of the project was to identify the potential impact of dryland…
Guidelines for Treatment of Stormwater Runoff from the Road Infrastructure
Stormwater runoff from roads has the potential to impact aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems through changes to water quality, water quantity and water flowpath. It is important to manage stormwater to reduce such pressures on sensitive receiving…
Road Runoff & Drainage: Environmental Impacts and Management
This manual explores the impact of road runoff and drainage on aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity. Road Runoff and Drainage aims to assist road infrastructure planners, designers, environmental officers and project managers in achieving…